List of Minerals Named After People - W

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  • Wardite: NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2(H2O) – American naturalist Henry Augustus Ward (1834–1906)
  • Warikahnite: Zn3(AsO4)2·2(H2O) – German mineral collector Walter Richard Kahn (born 1911)
  • Weloganite: Na2(Sr,Ca)3Zr(CO3)6·3(H2O) – Canadian geologist William Edmond Logan (1798–1875)
  • Whewellite: CaC2O4·(H2O) – English mineralogist William Whewell (1794–1866)
  • Whitlockite: Ca3(PO4)2 – American mineralogist Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868–1948)
  • Willemite: Zn2SiO4 – William I of the Netherlands (1772–1843)
  • Witherite: BaCO3 – English physician and naturalist William Withering (1741–1799)
  • Wollastonite: CaSiO3 – English chemist and mineralogist William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828)
  • Wulfenite: PbMoO4 – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xavier von Wulfen (1728–1805)

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